I designed a virtual volume model with Oculus Rift design software. Now, I would like to have a physical model of it. Is there any way to connect an Oculus Rift to a 3D printer (e.g. Ultimaker 2+) to ensure transferring the virtual model into a 3D-CAD model by software? And if so, which one would that be? So far, merely the transfer of a 3D-CAD-Model into a virtual reality model is discussed, not vice versa. Any ideas? Thx!
Dear Claudia!
We have an Ultimaker 2+ 3D printer in our RP lab. This printer is created to work only with their CURA software, which main purpose is to translate form OBJ or STL CAD file formats into G-CODE file format. G-CODE file format is the only acceptable file format that you can use with this 3D printer. I do not believe it is possible the Ultimaker 2+ can be connected directly to this "Oculus Rift design software" and both to start working together.
You may check if your VR software can export the VR model in OBJ or STL file formats. If so, you can print it using CURA software to generate G-CODE file, and if not, you should start to looking for third party software, which can convert your VR model file format into OBJ or STL file formats.
I hope that this info will be useful to you, and wish you luck!
Thanks a lot!, Stoyan, I'll try to format to STL - seems to be favorable. Regards, Claudia
HI
should work with any 3D Software (I would use Inventor) - the most easy way would be to import it and transfer it to stl (obj should be possible also) .
Makerbot Desktop e.g could read stl, obj and some more formats to print it.
Great, thank you! So it would only be a reformatting, and that's it.
Claudia
Yes - mostly the only differenz of the file formats are the depth of information of your 3-d model - but for printing and getting a glue of the shape and dimensions a stp file works great.
Greeds
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